I'm 3 days out and I'm wondering if I will ever be able to take me meds again. I'm bipolar and I have to take a bunch, but since I can't swallow much, I can't take them normally. I really hope it doesn't mess me up too much.

I also was on a lot of meds when I had surgery. For me it was not an option I HAD to take them. Break them in tiny pieces or crush them, dump them out of their capsules into a little juice whatever you have to do to get them down. The side affects of going cold turkey off your antidepressants is dangerous and somewhere you really don't want to go. Good luck.

I had several pills that I needed to take everyday. My doc didn't require me to crush them or anything special. The nurse told me that it might be easier to take them with something warm instead of cold. For about the first week, I remember I would take one pill with a sip of whatever and then pace until I felt like I could take the next pill. For the first several days or week, it took me 45 minutes or more to get all my pills down, but at least I was getting fluids at the same time...

Good luck, it will get better pretty quickly!

I also have bipolar disorder so I take quite a few meds a day too. I would split all my pills in half and put them in a medicine cup for the day. Then I would slowly swallow each pill one by one. Taking about an hour to give my stomach a break. I'm 8 days out now and able to swallow my pills whole.

I take 5 pills at night that have nothing to do with the surgery. I put them in a cup and take one at a time every ten minutes or so with water. If I'm watching tv I take one every commercial break. In the morning I take my vitamins the same way, one every ten minutes. With a good sip of water.